Chapter 1432: Accept My Bow (Third Update)
The expression on the face of the Lord of the Underworld had not yet frozen, as if he had not anticipated that the combined strength of these five would be so terrifying. Indeed, he had not expected it.
Although Qin Mu had boasted that he would beat the Lord of the Underworld until he was pissing and shitting himself right in front of the Four Celestial Masters and Celestial Kings of the Heavenly Court, in reality, it was Qin Mu who had been beaten to that state. If Qin Mu had not forced Bai Yuqiong to intervene, he truly might have been killed by the Lord of the Underworld.
But times had changed.
Qin Mu's strength had undergone a earth-shattering improvement since then. He had cultivated to the twenty-sixth level of the Dao realm, and his cultivation base had also reached the Nine Prisons Platform. In the battle at the Taiji Starry Sky of the Ancestral Court, he could stand firm against the Empress Dowager without being defeated, and he had charged into the Execution Platform of the Ancestral Court without dying!
Now, joining forces with the Butcher and the other four, he had elevated their Dao realm to the thirtieth level, with the Dao's imprint reaching thirty layers of void!
Having cultivated to this point, Qin Mu was brimming with confidence. He even believed that the five of them together could withstand one or two moves from a Celestial Venerable without being annihilated. That was why he insisted on going to the Xuan Du!
The Lord of the Underworld, because he only had four celestial palaces himself and relied on the Gate of the Netherworld Capital to manifest eight, was naturally beheaded in one strike when facing such ferocious five.
However, the Lord of the Underworld's greatest strength was not his magical power, nor his realm, but his cycle of reincarnation Dao and its divine abilities.
Although he was split in two by a single slash, and even his minor heavenly court formed by eight celestial palaces was cleaved apart, the Gate of the Netherworld Capital behind him erupted with a strange power, forcibly pulling the split gate back together.
As his corpse passed through the Gate of the Netherworld Capital, a bizarre scene occurred. The Netherworld Sea suddenly surged beneath the gate, its churning waters entirely composed of soul-black sand, pitch black and boundless.
The waves of the Netherworld Sea crashed against the gate. The moment the Lord of the Underworld's corpse passed through, his form vanished, and what flew out from behind the gate was a demigod with the bloodline of a Black Tortoise—a dragon's head, a turtle's back, and a human body, standing on the sea's surface.
Back in the day, when the Woodcutter Sage and others rescued Emperor Yi Yue, Emperor Yi Yue, the Netherworld Empress, Tian Shu, Yan Wang, and a host of other experts had besieged the Lord of the Underworld. They fought a hundred grueling battles but could never subdue him.
At that time, they had killed him several times and destroyed his physical body multiple times, but the Lord of the Underworld could always restore himself completely through the Gate of the Netherworld Capital. Passing through that gate was equivalent to reincarnating once. He could not only change his gender at will but even his species!
This was the effect of the cycle of reincarnation Dao.
The Lord of the Underworld was both shocked and enraged. He looked up, and another blade of light descended from the sky!
That blade of light split the newly reformed Gate of the Netherworld Capital in two, then slashed down from the top of his new body's head.
"Mu the Honored, you motherf*cker..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was cleaved in two by the blade. He used the Gate of the Netherworld Capital to reincarnate and be reborn, but before he could even steady himself, he was killed again by the combined force of Qin Mu, the Butcher, and the other four!
The Gate of the Netherworld Capital rumbled, sinking into the Netherworld Sea along with the Black Tortoise Lord of the Underworld's corpse.
The Netherworld Sea suddenly vanished, then reappeared behind the army formation of the Northern Heaven Netherworld Capital. The Gate of the Netherworld Capital rose again, and the Lord of the Underworld was reborn from behind the gate.
The small boat charged straight ahead, crashing into the army formation of the Northern Heaven Netherworld Capital, smashing through one towering ship after another, heading directly for the Gate of the Netherworld Capital.
"History illuminates the loyal heart!"
On the boat, Qin Mu and the other four roared together, channeling the thirtieth level of the Blade Dao. As they slashed, what flew out was not just a blade of light, but countless magnificent writings. One stirring passage after another, the characters flowing like dragons and snakes. The Dao sound emitted by the Blade Dao was not as sacred, solemn, or profound as the innate great Dao.
The Dao sound of the Blade Dao was like unrolling a scroll of human history. One glorious and towering figure after another stood up from the historical scroll, majestic and vigorous.
They radiated light in all directions. Some used their pens as blades, denouncing the injustice of the Heavenly Dao, questioning the incompetence of the sovereign, and blaming the faults of the gods.
Some led by example: moving mountains that blocked the road, digging canals when floods came, building bridges to cross great rivers, and slaying gods when they brought down calamities!
History illuminates the loyal heart, bearing the burden and forging ahead.
The moment the Netherworld Sea, the Gate of the Netherworld Capital, and the Lord of the Underworld appeared, a scroll like history unfolded. The blade of light punished gods and hearts alike, evaporating vast stretches of the Netherworld Sea and shattering the Gate of the Netherworld Capital into pieces.
The Lord of the Underworld let out a miserable scream and vanished along with the remnants of the Netherworld Sea.
At this moment, the small boat sped through the formation of the Northern Heaven Netherworld Capital and emerged behind it. At the bow, the five of them each gripped their sword hilts, looking around. They saw the last wisp of the Netherworld Sea disappear.
"Turn around! It's behind us!"
Qin Mu stomped heavily, and the entire fast boat slid sideways across the surface of the Heavenly River. They had just passed through the formation of the Northern Heaven Netherworld Capital, and now the gods and demons of that capital were turning around. The Netherworld Sea had already moved to the rear of the Netherworld Capital army.
That dilapidated Gate of the Netherworld Capital rose again from the Netherworld Sea. This time, the Lord of the Underworld reincarnated as a woman in a red robe, her hair flowing loose, her form floating before the Gate of the Netherworld Capital. She shrieked, "Qin Mu, Tian Shu, Zhe Huali, Luo Wushuang, Dao Liuzhao, accept my bow!"
The female Lord of the Underworld bowed deeply. The Butcher and the others were about to activate the Blade Dao divine ability again when Qin Mu's face suddenly changed drastically. He spread his cloak to shield the other four, clasped his hands together, pushed them forward, and also bowed deeply!
"Yin Chaojin, you also accept my bow!"
Boom—
Behind him, a Gate of Heaven and Earth appeared, connecting heaven and earth, reaching up to the Heavenly Dao's Xuan Du and down to the Netherworld. This was the second level of his Dao-embodied divine ability!
The moment Qin Mu bowed, the twenty-sixth level of his Dao-embodied divine ability, the One Qi Mixed Origin Dao Roaming Together, was also unleashed!
The two of them, separated by tens of thousands of gods and demons of the Northern Heaven Netherworld Capital, bowed to each other.
With the Lord of the Underworld's bow, before her, one towering ship after another, one sinister and magnificent formation after another, the gods and demons within suddenly had their primordial spirits shattered into four or five pieces, their souls disintegrated, turning into soul-black sand.
Rolling black sand spewed from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Their souls, located in their lower abdomens, were shattered by the bow and shot out from their lower orifices. Smoke erupted from all nine apertures, a terrifying sight!
And with Qin Mu's pushing bow, the Netherworld Capital gods and demons before him also could not withstand his bow. Their primordial spirits collapsed, their souls exploded!
The Lord of the Underworld had used a Netherworld divine ability, and Qin Mu's bow was also a Netherworld divine ability. Their attainments were evenly matched!
Not only that, but Qin Mu's bow also contained the One Qi Mixed Origin Dao Roaming Together. Where he bowed, space turned to dust. The physical bodies of the gods and demons he bowed to death directly exploded, turning into wisps of chaotic energy!
Boom!
The two divine abilities collided. The fast boat beneath Qin Mu's feet could not withstand his pressure and exploded with a bang. The blood and energy above his head surged, turning into a sea of blood.
The sea of blood seemed to be boiling, bubbling with hot steam, and the steam carried rolling black smoke—the demonic energy of the Netherworld.
On the opposite side, the Lord of the Underworld, separated by the formation, trembled violently. Blood sprayed from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The blood that spurted out immediately turned into wisps of chaotic energy. The Gate of the Netherworld Capital behind her also cracked and groaned, covered in fissures, as strands of chaotic energy drifted away!
She shrieked, "Qin Mu, accept my bow again!"
Qin Mu roared, "Yin Chaojin, you also accept my bow again!"
The two roared like thunder and bowed again. Another thunderous boom followed. The Lord of the Underworld's delicate body shook violently as she staggered backward, vomiting blood profusely. Her eyes were bloodshot, as if they too were about to be bowed into chaotic energy. She shrieked, "Qin Mu, accept my bow again!"